Ressie is a rare variant of Reese that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ressie is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1981. Ressie first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1917 (63 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | — | #11,704 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #9,829 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #8,086 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,766 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,385 | — |
| 1968 | 10 | — | #4,706 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,333 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,361 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,188 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,193 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #5,087 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #6,076 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,956 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #6,831 | — |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,394 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #5,098 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,166 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #4,829 | — |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,733 | — |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,193 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,966 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | — | #2,399 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,949 | — |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,620 | — |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,428 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,269 | — |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,293 | — |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #2,364 | — |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,948 | — |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #2,023 | — |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,931 | — |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,725 | — |
| 1936 | 21 | — | #1,681 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,712 | — |
| 1934 | 23 | — | #1,599 | — |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,707 | — |
| 1932 | 27 | — | #1,482 | — |
| 1931 | 30 | — | #1,370 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,800 | — |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1928 | 29 | — | #1,496 | — |
| 1927 | 47 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1926 | 37 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,370 | — |
| 1924 | 42 | — | #1,241 | — |
| 1923 | 64 | — | #974 | #4,766 |
| 1922 | 56 | — | #1,088 | #4,224 |
| 1921 | 56 | — | #1,088 | #3,803 |
| 1920 | 49 | — | #1,072 | — |
| 1919 | 45 | — | #1,099 | — |
| 1918 | 43 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1917 | 63 | — | #875 | — |
| 1916 | 51 | — | #963 | — |
| 1915 | 57 | — | #870 | — |
| 1914 | 37 | — | #982 | — |
| 1913 | 36 | — | #897 | — |
| 1912 | 31 | — | #916 | — |
| 1911 | 25 | — | #869 | — |
| 1910 | 32 | — | #765 | — |
| 1909 | 31 | — | #729 | — |
| 1908 | 32 | — | #694 | — |
| 1907 | 27 | — | #734 | — |
| 1906 | 26 | — | #730 | — |
| 1905 | 26 | — | #708 | — |
| 1904 | 18 | — | #874 | — |
| 1903 | 34 | — | #564 | — |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #710 | — |
| 1901 | 24 | — | #657 | — |
| 1900 | 21 | — | #826 | — |
| 1899 | 21 | — | #698 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | — | #741 | — |
| 1897 | 18 | — | #758 | — |
| 1896 | 19 | — | #749 | — |
| 1895 | 13 | — | #923 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #894 | — |
| 1893 | 8 | — | #1,156 | — |
| 1892 | 16 | — | #754 | — |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #879 | — |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #716 | — |
| 1889 | 12 | — | #789 | — |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #787 | — |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,276 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #978 | — |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,142 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #1,029 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #921 | — |